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When mass layoffs touched his town in general and his regular customers in particular, Mike Jacobs took action. Jacobs, a single-unit franchisee of Tampa, Fla.-based Beef ‘O’ Brady’s, created “Pink Slip Paybacks” to help patrons of...
If there’s one bright spot in the current economy, it’s that there’s more talent on the street and voluntary turnover is likely at an all-time low.Assuming you’ve pruned your dead wood and that the people you have are the people you want to keep...
SAN BRUNO Calif. The city council here last week approved a measure that would ban the use of polystyrene, or Styrofoam, products in restaurants, despite opposition from operators who said it would make it difficult and more costly to offer...
NEW ORLEANS Members of the Galatoire family reportedly have filed suit in the Civil District Court of New Orleans to block the proposed sale of the 104-year-old French-Creole restaurant. According to a report in The Times-Picayune...
SPARTANBURG S.C. Denny's used its first-ever Super Bowl ad to offer a free Grand Slam breakfast this Tuesday. The 30-second spot, which aired during the third quarter of the game, featured three mafia types trying to talk business in a...
As fourth-quarter earnings season begins this week with reports from Yum! Brands Inc. and others, more macroeconomic and industry-specific data reveal just how difficult the end of 2008 became for restaurant operators. Last week the U.S...
MINNEAPOLIS Caribou Coffee Co. offered free cups of decaffeinated coffee Friday afternoon at its nearly 500 units in response to reports that its competitor Starbucks was cutting back on the decaf. The Caribou Coffee...
DALLAS Saying “I Love You” in several tongues and aiming to add a little sweetener to the bottom line, the four-unit La Duni chain here is offering Valentine’s Day cookies and other confections through the Feb. 14 holiday. ...
HOUSTON Landry’s Restaurants Inc. said Friday it was extending the cash tender offers for two groups of senior notes due 2014 until Feb. 5. The offers that first started in December were set to expire on Monday. Landry’s, which operates...